Two killed in separate car accidents in Oconee County

Two unrelated car accidents claimed the lives of a Seneca man and a West Union woman.

The county coroner's office released the following information about the accidents.

Robert Charles Steenburg Jr., 23, of South Cherry Street in Seneca died Friday night in the Greenville Memorial Hospital intensive care unit as the result of a head injury he received in moped/vehicle collision.

Steenburg was operating a moped that was struck by another vehicle around 10:50 p.m. Thursday. He was flown from the scene by medical helicopter to Greenville. This collision happened near 15455 Wells Highway in Seneca.

A post-mortem exam is scheduled to be performed Monday to assist in documenting Steenburg's injuries.

On Saturday morning, a West Union woman died as the result of blunt-force traumatic injuries she sustained in a two-vehicle, head-on collision. The collision happened at 7:15 a.m. Saturday on West Union Road near its intersection with Winkler Road, about .1 mile south of Walhalla.

Shelby Shannon Wooten, 19, of Wade Taylor Road, died at the accident scene.

Wooten was driving a 2007 Honda Civic on West Union Road. The vehicle crossed the centerline of the road and struck a 2001 Chevrolet pickup truck that was traveling in the opposite direction. The truck was driven by Holly Alexander, 34, of West Union. Alexander was flown to Greenville Memorial Hospital, where she was listed in serious condition Saturday night, hospital officials said.

Alexander and Wooten were wearing seat belts, said Lance Cpl. Scot Edgeworth of the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

West Union Road was blocked for three hours as investigators worked, and the weather was clear at the time of the accident, Edgeworth said.

No autopsy will be ordered, and specimens will be submitted to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division as required by state law, Coroner Karl Addis said.

Based on preliminary investigation, both deaths have been ruled accidental, and the South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating both cases, Addis said.